tome

(tōm)
n.

1. One of the books in a work of several volumes.
2. A book, especially a large or scholarly one.

[French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos, a cutting, section, from temnein, to cut.]

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A tome is a large heavy book, not a synonym for a book of any size.

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noun

A printed and bound work: book, volume. See words.

IN BRIEF: A (usually) large and scholarly book.

Let every bookworm, when in any fragrant, scarce, old tome he discovers a sentence, a story, an illustration, that does his heart good, hasten to give it. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

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For a list of words related to tome, see:

• Publications - tome: large, scholarly book
• Books and Pages - tome: very large or scholarly work

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Common misspelling(s) of tome

• tiome

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bind af større værk, digert bind

Nederlands (Dutch)
boekdeel

Français (French)
n. - gros volume

Deutsch (German)
n. - Band

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τόμος

Italiano (Italian)
tomo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - volume (m), tomo (m)

Русский (Russian)
(книжный) том

Español (Spanish)
n. - libraco, volumen, tomo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stor bok, lunta, diger volym, del, band

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
册, 大型书本, 卷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 冊, 大型書本, 卷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한 권, 크고 방대한 책

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 一巻, 本

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتاب كبير, جزء من مجلد من كتاب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כרך עבה, ספר כבד‬

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